LeBoeuf Township fire victim identified

The fire was reported Saturday at 5:59 p.m. at 14629 Dutchtown Road, just west of Mill Village.

"It's not a suspicious incident," Timon said Sunday. "They believe it was accidental."

The blaze, which was being investigated by a state police fire marshal, might have started in the vicinity of a wood stove, Timon said.

Preliminary indications are that Spiers died from smoke inhalation, although the official determination is pending the results of toxicology testing, Timon said. He said an autopsy wasn't being performed.

Officials said Spiers lived alone and that the fire was discovered by relatives who went to check on him on a regular basis. No other injuries were reported.

Five volunteer fire departments, led by Mill Village, battled the blaze. A fire official couldn't be reached Sunday for comment.

Missing tire leads to charges for driver

Deputies said they noticed Dynell D. Scott, of Newark, N.Y., driving without headlights on at 2:58 a.m. on Bennett Road in Pomfret. They also saw sparks coming from the vehicle's passenger side.

Deputies stopped the vehicle, which they said didn't have a tire on the front passenger side. Scott was driving on the steel rim and without a license, deputies said.

They also said that when they pulled him over, he drove up over the curb and onto the sidewalk for several hundred feet.

He faces several traffic-related charges as well as driving while intoxicated and unlawful possession of marijuana charges, according to the sheriff's office.

State police investigate Warren County burglary

WARREN -- Welding equipment and a chain saw were taken in a Warren County burglary.

State police at Warren said the crime happened between Wednesday at 5 p.m. and Thursday at 1 p.m. at Robert Goldthwaite's workshop on Cherry Grove Road in Cherry Grove Township.

Someone broke a padlock on the door to get inside the building and take a welder, gas tank, welding helmet, chain saw, can of gas and jug of oil, police said. The total value of the stolen items was estimated to be $1,625, police said.

Police asked anyone with information about the burglary to call the Warren barracks at (814) 728-3600.